⚡ Block #956,979
🧱 Block 956,979: A Quiet but Steady Slice of the Chain
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July 7, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
Block 956,979 arrived in the early hours of July 7, 2026, carrying over a thousand transactions packed into a lean 0.46 MB. Nothing extraordinary stands out, but it's a solid snapshot of the Bitcoin network humming along — a reminder that most of the blockchain is built from moments just like this one.
- Block height: 956,979
- 1,063 transactions confirmed in this block
- Block size: 0.46 MB — comfortably under the ~1 MB typical limit
- Mined at 02:21 UTC on July 7, 2026
Block details
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- Mining pool
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- Transactions
- 1,063
- Total fees
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- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
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- Block size
- 0.46 MB
This day in Bitcoin history
reward era 5
This block sits 116,979 blocks after the 4th halving and 93,021 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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- 2016-07-092nd halving10y before this block
- 2017-12-172017 ATH (~$19.5k)9y before this block
- 2020-05-113rd halving6y before this block
- 2021-11-102021 ATH (~$69k)5y before this block
- 2024-03-142024 ATH (~$73k)2y before this block
- 2024-04-194th halving2y before this block